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“Scholastic Pulls Children’s Book About George Washington And His Slaves After Outcry”

Last updated on: January 18, 2016 at 5:01 pm by Dan Peterson

Mt. Vernon, in Virginia — At Mount Vernon, near Alexandria, Virginia
(Photo by Ad Meskens, Wikimedia CC)
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A nice little controversy for Martin Luther King Day:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/george-washington-book-pulled_us_569cb0d5e4b0778f46f9eda9

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/18/463488364/amid-controversy-scholastic-pulls-picture-book-about-washingtons-slave?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160118

What do you think?

(Thanks to Eric Lopez for bringing this story to my notice.)

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